Tuesday, 4 June 2013

Silence - a choice

The four members, parents in their middle age with their
daughter & son, were dining together. The guy had come from Denmark where
he stayed for 3 years & worked. The
girl had come from New York where she worked for 2years. The boy told his experiences of staying
abroad and the girl told hers. The brother & sister did listen to each
other & could understand each other.

Suddenly, the girl noticed some
strange & awkward silence between their parents; they were absolutely
engrossed in dining. The mother & father didn’t talk to each other, they
were silent. The daughter said to herself, “the deaf ear is a choice, they
could have participated in the conversation, to make their children happy, we've come home after so long.” She just didn’t understand what was
wrong with her parents. She left the dining table & said, “ I’m done with
it, dinner was god mom.” Her mother replied but she chose to turn a deaf ear
towards her & went in her room.

She then went in her parents’ room while
her mother was working in kitchen & father was watching television in
living room. She checked wardrobe, drawers, and everything else to see what was
going on. She suddenly got the papers of their divorce. They had already been
divorced since 2 years and she was appalled to know that their parents never
let them know about it. Now she understood the reason behind their parents
silence on dining table. The girl had planned to tell their parents about his
boyfriend & she wanted to marry him, but now she didn’t know to whom she should
tell, father or mother? She was on the horns of dilemma, she didn’t know what
to do. Now Silence took over her.